The Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia will review the decision allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to stay on former President Donald Trump’s Georgia election case.
Trump “may file a Notice of Appeal within 10 days of the date of” the order.
The Court did not specify when it will review the case. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said the court is “not known for moving swiftly.”
Trump and some of his co-defendants argued Willis should be removed due to her relationship with then-Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade, citing a conflict of interest.
Judge Scott McAfee said Willis could stay if Wade stepped down.
Wade stepped down on that day.
McAfee also granted a “certificate of immediate review,” allowing Trump to appeal to the Georgia Court of Appeals. Seven of the co-defendants requested the certificate, too.
“President Trump looks forward to presenting interlocutory arguments to the Georgia Court of Appeals as to why the case should be dismissed and Fulton County DA Willis should be disqualified for her misconduct in this unjustified, unwarranted political persecution,” said Steve Sadow, the lead attorney for Trump.
The Court might not even hear the case until 2025:
Fulton Superior Court must first prepare the record from the first round of the removal fight and send it to the appeals court. Only then can the case be docketed and a panel of three judges be assigned via the court’s computer system, according to Christina Cooley Smith, deputy court administrator for the Court of Appeals.It is then up to the judges to decide when they would like to hear oral argument, said Smith, but the matter must be decided within two terms of court. That means that if it’s docketed before July, it would need to be heard and decided before mid-March 2025.
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